September 16 Events 681 - Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council . 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1620 - Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower . 1701 - James Francis Edward Stuart , sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland. 1732 - In Campo Maior, Portugal , a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants. 1776 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. 1779 - American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins. 1810 - With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain . 1863 - Robert College , in Istanbul , the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert , an American philanthropist. 1880 - The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York . The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily. 1893 - Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma . 1908 - The General Motors Corporation is founded. 1914 - World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl begins. 1920 - The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400. 1940 - World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani . 1943 - World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno . 1945 - World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end. 1955 - The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight. 1955 - A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile . 1956 - TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts. 1959 - The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914 , is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City. 1961 - The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther . Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury . 1961 - Typhoon Nancy , with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka , Japan, killing 173 people. 1961 - Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head. 1963 - Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya , Singapore , North Borneo and Sarawak . However, Singapore soon leaves this new country. 1966 - The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra . 1970 - King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization , the conflict which became to be known as Black September . 1975 - Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia. 1975 - Cape Verde , Mozambique , and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations. 1975 - The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight. 1976 - Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir. 1978 - The 7.4 Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas , Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX. At least 15,000 people were killed. 1979 - Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon. 1979 - The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released. 1982 - Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place. 1987 - The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion . 1990 - The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk , adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge . 1992 - The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering. 1992 - Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark. 1994 - The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988 . 2004 - Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane . 2005 - The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy. 2007 - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people. 2007 - Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad. 2013 - A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard. 2014 - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces. 2019 - Five months before the COVID-19 stock market crash , an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the Federal Reserve to conduct operations in the repo market .Births AD 16 - Julia Drusilla , Roman daughter of Germanicus 508 - Yuan Di , emperor of the Liang dynasty 1295 - Elizabeth de Clare , English noblewoman 1462 - Pietro Pomponazzi , Italian philosopher 1507 - Jiajing Emperor of China 1541 - Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex , English nobleman 1557 - Jacques Mauduit , French composer 1615 - Heinrich Bach , German organist and composer 1625 - Gregorio Barbarigo , Roman Catholic saint 1651 - Engelbert Kaempfer , German physician and botanist 1666 - Antoine Parent , French mathematician and theorist 1678 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke , English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1716 - Angelo Maria Amorevoli , Italian tenor and actor 1722 - Gabriel Christie , Scottish-Canadian general 1725 - Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist, zoologist, and author 1745 - Mikhail Kutuzov , Russian field marshal 1777 - Nathan Mayer Rothschild , German-English banker and financier 1782 - Daoguang Emperor of China 1823 - Francis Parkman , American historian and author 1823 - Ludwik Teichmann , Polish anatomist 1827 - Jean Albert Gaudry , French geologist and paleontologist 1828 - Per Pålsson , Swedish murderer 1830 - Patrick Francis Moran , Irish-Australian cardinal 1837 - Pedro V of Portugal 1838 - James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive 1844 - Paul Taffanel , French flute player and conductor 1846 - Anna Kingsford , English author, poet, and activist 1853 - Albrecht Kossel , German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1858 - Edward Marshall Hall , English lawyer and politician 1858 - Bonar Law , Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1859 - Yuan Shikai , Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China 1861 - Miriam Benjamin , African-American educator and inventor 1866 - Georg Voigt , German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg 1870 - John Pius Boland , Irish tennis player and politician 1875 - James Cash Penney , American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney 1876 - Marvin Hart , American boxer 1877 - Jacob Schick , American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors 1878 - Karl Albiker , German sculptor, lithographer, and educator 1880 - Clara Ayres , American nurse 1880 - Alfred Noyes , English author, poet, and playwright 1881 - Clive Bell , English philosopher and critic 1883 - T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic 1886 - Jean Arp , Alsatian sculptor and painter 1887 - Nadia Boulanger , French composer and educator 1888 - W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited 1888 - Frans Eemil Sillanpää , Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate 1890 - Avigdor Hameiri , Israeli author 1891 - Karl Dönitz , German admiral and politician, President of Germany 1891 - Stephanie von Hohenlohe , Austrian-German spy 1893 - Alexander Korda , Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter 1893 - Albert Szent-Györgyi , Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1895 - Zainal Abidin Ahmad , Malaysian author and scholar 1897 - Milt Franklyn , American composer 1898 - H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George 1899 - Hans Swarowsky , Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator 1901 - Josef Schächter , Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle 1905 - Vladimír Holan , Czech poet and author 1906 - Jack Churchill , Sri Lankan-English colonel 1910 - Erich Kempka , German colonel and chauffeur 1910 - Karl Kling , German race car driver and manager 1911 - Wilfred Burchett , Australian journalist and author 1911 - Paul Henning , American screenwriter and producer 1914 - Allen Funt , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1915 - Cy Walter , American pianist 1916 - Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw , Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis 1916 - Frank Farrell , Australian rugby league player and policeman 1916 - M. S. Subbulakshmi, an Indian Carnatic vocalist 1916 - Frank Leslie Walcott , Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician 1916 - Marie Vieux-Chauvet , Haitian writer 1918 - Władysław Kędra , Polish pianist 1919 - Bill Daley , American football player and sportscaster 1919 - Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator 1919 - Andy Russell , American singer and actor 1920 - Staryl C. Austin, American air force general 1920 - Sheila Quinn , English nurse and educator 1920 - Art Sansom , American cartoonist 1921 - Ursula Franklin , German-Canadian metallurgist 1921 - Jon Hendricks , American singer-songwriter 1921 - Korla Pandit , American pianist and composer 1922 - Guy Hamilton , French-English director and screenwriter 1922 - Janis Paige , American actress and singer 1923 - Lee Kuan Yew , Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore 1924 - Lauren Bacall , American actress 1925 - Charlie Byrd , American singer and guitarist 1925 - Charles Haughey , Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland 1925 - B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1926 - Eric Gross , Austrian-Australian pianist and composer 1926 - John Knowles , American novelist 1926 - Roger McKee , American baseball player 1926 - Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author 1927 - Peter Falk , American actor 1927 - Jack Kelly , American actor and politician 1927 - Sadako Ogata , Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1928 - Rex Trailer , American television host, actor, and singer 1928 - Lady Gwen Thompson , English author and educator 1928 - Patricia Wald , American judge 1929 - Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar , last sultan of Zanzibar 1929 - Stan Stephens , American politician, 20th Governor of Montana 1930 - Anne Francis , American actress 1931 - K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic 1931 - Little Willie Littlefield , American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist 1932 - Micky Stewart , English cricketer and coach 1933 - Steve Shirley , German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa 1934 - Elgin Baylor , American basketball player and coach 1934 - George Chakiris , American actor, singer, and dancer 1934 - Ronnie Drew , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1934 - Dick Heckstall-Smith , English saxophonist 1935 - Carl Andre , American sculptor 1935 - Billy Boy Arnold , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1935 - Jules Bass , American director, producer, composer, and author 1935 - Bob Kiley , American-English businessman 1935 - Esther Vilar , Argentinian-German author and playwright 1937 - Aleksandr Medved , Russian wrestler 1937 - Vince Naimoli , American businessman and philanthropist 1939 - Breyten Breytenbach , South African-French poet and painter 1939 - Bill McGill , American basketball player 1940 - Hamiet Bluiett , American jazz saxophonist and composer 1940 - Butch Buchholz , American tennis player 1941 - Joe Butler , American singer, autoharp player, and drummer 1941 - Richard Perle , American political scientist and politician 1942 - Bernie Calvert , English bass player and keyboard player 1942 - Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic 1943 - Wang Houjun , Chinese footballer and manager 1943 - James Alan McPherson , American short story writer and essayist 1944 - Linda Kaye Henning , American actress 1944 - Betty Kelly , American soul/R&B singer 1946 - Sonny LeMaire , American country music singer-songwriter and bass player 1946 - Mike Reynolds , Australian lawyer and politician 1946 - Camilo Sesto , Spanish singer-songwriter and producer 1947 - Dusty Hughes , English director and playwright 1948 - Ron Blair , American bass player 1948 - Rosemary Casals , American tennis player and sportscaster 1948 - Julia Donaldson , English author and playwright 1948 - Kenney Jones , English drummer 1948 - Susan Ruttan , American actress 1949 - Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist 1950 - David Bellamy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 - Henry Louis Gates Jr ., American historian, scholar, and journalist 1950 - Loyd Grossman , American-English singer, guitarist, and television host 1951 - Vince Bell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1951 - Andy Irvine , Scottish rugby player and coach 1952 - Tony Cunningham , English educator and politician 1952 - Česlovas Laurinavičius , Lithuanian historian 1952 - Karen Muir , South African swimmer and physician 1952 - Mickey Rourke , American boxer and actor 1953 - Kurt Fuller , American character actor 1953 - Alan Barton , English singer and guitarist 1953 - Nancy Huston , Canadian-American author and translator 1953 - Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown , English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953 - Jerry Pate , American golfer and sportscaster 1953 - Manuel Pellegrini , Chilean footballer and manager 1953 - Eric Vail , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1954 - Sanjoy Bandopadhyay , Indian sitar player and composer 1954 - Earl Klugh , American guitarist and composer 1954 - William McKeen , American author and academic 1954 - Colin Newman , English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer 1954 - Frank Reed , American singer-songwriter 1954 - Roger Woolley , Australian cricketer 1955 - Ron Brewer , American basketball player 1955 - Robin Yount , American baseball player and coach 1956 - Maggie Atkinson , English educator and civil servant 1956 - David Copperfield , American magician and actor 1956 - Ross Greenberg , American journalist and antivirus pioneer 1956 - Dave Schulthise , American bass player 1956 - Kazuharu Sonoda , Japanese wrestler 1957 - DC Drake , American wrestler 1957 - Clara Furse , English businesswoman 1957 - Norman Lamb , English lawyer and politician 1957 - David McCreery , Northern Irish footballer and manager 1957 - Anca Parghel , Romanian singer and pianist 1958 - Orel Hershiser , American baseball player and coach 1958 - Neville Southall , Welsh footballer and manager 1958 - Jennifer Tilly , American actress and poker player 1959 - Peter Keleghan , Canadian actor and screenwriter 1959 - Tim Raines , American baseball player, coach, and manager 1959 - Dave Richardson , South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer 1959 - Victory Tischler-Blue , American bass player, director, and producer 1960 - Graham Haynes , American trumpet player and composer 1960 - Mike Mignola , American author and illustrator 1961 - Bilinda Butcher , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1961 - Philip Lafon , Canadian wrestler 1961 - Annamária Szalai , Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician 1962 - Seth , Canadian author and illustrator 1963 - Richard Marx , American singer-songwriter and producer 1964 - Mary Coustas , Australian actress and screenwriter 1964 - Rossy de Palma , Spanish-French model and actress 1964 - Dave Sabo , American guitarist and songwriter 1964 - Molly Shannon , American actress, comedian and producer 1965 - Katy Kurtzman , American actress and producer 1965 - Karl-Heinz Riedle , German footballer and manager 1965 - Stephen Shareaux , American singer-songwriter 1966 - John Bel Edwards , American attorney and politician 1966 - Wil McCarthy , American author and playwright 1966 - Scott Workman , American stuntman and actor 1966 - Kevin Young , American hurdler 1967 - Hiroya Oku , Japanese author and illustrator 1968 - Marc Anthony , American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer 1968 - Walt Becker , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1968 - Tommy Keane , Irish footballer 1969 - Justine Frischmann , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1969 - Janno Gibbs , Filipino singer-songwriter and actor 1970 - Mark Schultz , American singer-songwriter 1971 - Joel Heyman , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1971 - Amy Poehler , American actress, comedian, and producer 1971 - Richard Slinger , American wrestler 1971 - Shawntel Smith , American beauty pageant contestant 1971 - Charlie Jacobs , chief executive officer of Delaware North's Boston Holdings 1972 - Mark Bruener , American football player 1972 - Mike Doyle , American actor and producer 1972 - Alessandro Nunziati , Italian singer-songwriter and producer 1973 - George Corrie , English footballer 1973 - Camiel Eurlings , Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee 1973 - Justin Haythe , American author and screenwriter 1973 - Alexander Vinokourov , Kazakh cyclist and manager 1974 - Loona , Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer 1974 - Monique Brumby , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1974 - Joaquin Castro , American lawyer and politician 1974 - Julian Castro , American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1975 - Jason Leffler , American race car driver 1975 - Shannon Noll , Australian singer-songwriter 1976 - Elīna Garanča , Latvian soprano 1976 - Tina Barrett , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1976 - Greg Buckner , American basketball player and coach 1977 - Gregory Ball , American captain and politician 1977 - Musiq Soulchild , American singer-songwriter 1978 - Dan Dickau , American basketball player and coach 1978 - Claudia Marx , German runner 1978 - Sensei , Mexican wrestler 1978 - Brian Sims , American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist 1979 - Fanny , French singer 1979 - Bobby Korecky , American baseball player 1980 - Patrik Štefan , Czech ice hockey player 1980 - Kenny van Weeghel , Dutch wheelchair racer 1981 - Fan Bingbing , Chinese actress, singer, and producer 1981 - Alexis Bledel , American actress 1981 - LaVerne Jones-Ferrette , Virgin Islander sprinter 1982 - Leon Knight , English footballer 1982 - Michele Rizzo , Italian rugby player 1982 - Fiete Sykora , German footballer 1982 - Ryan Thomson , Scottish footballer 1983 - John Afoa , New Zealand rugby player 1983 - Katerine Avgoustakis , Belgian singer and pianist 1983 - Jennifer Blake , Canadian wrestler 1983 - Kirsty Coventry , Zimbabwean swimmer 1983 - Brandon Moss , American baseball player 1983 - Legedu Naanee , American football player 1984 - Sabrina Bryan , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1984 - Serginho Catarinense , Brazilian footballer 1984 - Katie Melua , Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1985 - Max Minghella , English actor 1986 - Gordon Beckham , American baseball player 1986 - Kyla Pratt , American actress and singer 1987 - Merve Boluğur , Turkish actress 1987 - Kyle Lafferty , Irish footballer 1987 - Louis Ngwat-Mahop , Cameroonian footballer 1987 - Burry Stander , South African cyclist 1987 - Travis Wall , American dancer and choreographer 1988 - Teddy Geiger , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 1989 - Lancelot Bravado , American wrestler 1989 - Braden Holtby , Canadian ice hockey player 1989 - José Salomón Rondón , Venezuelan footballer 1989 - Dustin Tokarski , Canadian ice hockey player 1991 - Diāna Bukājeva , Latvian tennis player 1991 - Alexandra Paul , Canadian figure skater 1991 - Kyle Smith , English motorcycle racer 1992 - Vytenis Čižauskas , Lithuanian basketball player 1992 - Nick Jonas , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1992 - Jake Roche , English singer-songwriter and actor 1993 - Sam Byram , English footballer 1994 - Mitchell Moses , Australian rugby league playerDeaths 307 - Flavius Valerius Severus , Roman emperor 655 - Pope Martin I 1087 - Pope Victor III 1100 - Bernold of Constance , German priest and historian 1226 - Pandulf Verraccio , Roman ecclesiastical politician 1343 - Philip III of Navarre 1345 - John IV, Duke of Brittany 1360 - William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton 1380 - Charles V of France 1394 - Antipope Clement VII 1406 - Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow 1498 - Tomás de Torquemada , Spanish friar 1581 - Peter Niers , notorious German bandit 1583 - Catherine Jagiellon , queen of John II of Sweden 1589 - Michael Baius , Belgian theologian and academic 1607 - Mary Stuart , English-Scottish princess 1672 - Anne Bradstreet , English poet 1701 - James II of England 1736 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit , Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer 1792 - Nguyễn Huệ , Vietnamese emperor 1803 - Nicolas Baudin , French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer 1819 - John Jeffries , American physician and surgeon 1824 - Louis XVIII of France 1843 - Ezekiel Hart , Canadian businessman and politician 1845 - Thomas Davis , Irish poet and publisher 1865 - Christian de Meza , Danish general 1887 - Sakaigawa Namiemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna 1896 - Antônio Carlos Gomes , Brazilian composer 1896 - Pavlos Kalligas , Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece 1898 - Ramón Emeterio Betances , Puerto Rican surgeon and politician 1911 - Edward Whymper , English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author 1914 - C. X. Larrabee, American businessman 1925 - Leo Fall , Czech-Austrian composer 1925 - Alexander Friedmann , Russian physicist and mathematician 1931 - Omar Mukhtar , Libyan theorist and educator 1932 - Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle , British stage and screen actress 1932 - Ronald Ross , Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate 1933 - George Gore , American baseball player and manager 1936 - Jean-Baptiste Charcot , French physician and explorer 1940 - Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington , English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland 1944 - Gustav Bauer , German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany 1945 - John McCormack , Irish tenor and actor 1946 - James Hopwood Jeans , English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician 1950 - Pedro de Cordoba , American actor 1955 - Leo Amery , Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1961 - Hasan Polatkan , Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance 1961 - Fatin Rüştü Zorlu , Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey 1965 - Ahn Eak-tai , North Korean composer and conductor 1965 - Fred Quimby , American animator and producer 1973 - Víctor Jara , Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director 1976 - Bertha Lutz , Brazilian feminist and scientist 1977 - Marc Bolan , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1977 - Maria Callas , Greek operatic soprano 1980 - Jean Piaget , Swiss psychologist and philosopher 1984 - Louis Réard , French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini 1984 - Richard Brautigan , American novelist, poet, and short story writer 1987 - Christopher Soames , English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1991 - Olga Spessivtseva , Russian-American ballerina 1992 - Millicent Fenwick , American journalist and politician 1993 - František Jílek , Czech conductor 1993 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Australian poet and activist 1996 - McGeorge Bundy , American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor 1996 - Gene Nelson , American actor, dancer, and director 2001 - Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer 2002 - James Gregory , American actor 2003 - Sheb Wooley , American singer-songwriter 2004 - Michael Donaghy , American-English poet and author 2005 - Harry Freedman , Canadian horn player, composer, and educator 2005 - Gordon Gould , American physicist and academic, invented the laser 2006 - Floyd Curry , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 2007 - Robert Jordan , American engineer and author 2008 - Norman Whitfield , American songwriter and producer 2009 - Myles Brand , American philosopher and academic 2009 - Ernst Märzendorfer , Austrian conductor 2009 - Mary Travers , American singer-songwriter 2010 - George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader 2010 - Jim Towers , English footballer 2011 - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith , American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer 2011 - Enamul Haque Chowdhury , Bangladeshi politician 2012 - Roman Kroitor , Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX 2012 - Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral 2012 - Friedrich Zimmermann , German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior 2013 - Scott Adams , American football player 2013 - Ratiba El-Hefny , Egyptian soprano and director 2013 - Patsy Swayze , American dancer and choreographer 2015 - Guy Béart , Egyptian-French singer-songwriter 2015 - Julio Brady , Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands 2015 - Kurt Oppelt , Austrian figure skater and coach 2015 - Allan Wright , English captain and pilot 2016 - Edward Albee , American director and playwright 2016 - Gabriele Amorth , Italian priest and exorcist 2016 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy 2016 - W. P. Kinsella, American novelist 2016 - António Mascarenhas Monteiro , Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde 2016 - Gérard Louis-Dreyfus , French-born American businessman 2017 - Marcelo Rezende , Brazilian journalist 2017 - Arjan Singh , Marshal of the Indian Air Force 2018 - James Burdette Thayer , American brigadier general 2019 - H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defenderHolidays and observances Christian feast day: * Andrew Kim Taegon * Curcodomus * Cyprian * Edith of Wilton * Euphemia * Ludmila * Ninian * Pope Cornelius * September 16. Cry of Dolores , celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810 . See Fiestas Patrias Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer Malaysian Armed Forces Day Malaysia Day Martyrs' Day National Heroes Day
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